Boris Nikitin
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Jul 8, 2024 · Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun and the seventh in size and mass. It is a periodically conspicuous reddish object in the night sky. There are intriguing clues that billions of years ago Mars was even more Earth-like than today.
Jul 2, 2024 · Mars has a diameter of 6,792 km (4,220 miles); the planet’s circumference around the equator is 21,326 km (13,300 miles). Thus, if you’re moving at a speed of about 100 km per hour (62 miles per hour), it will take you about nine days to travel around the planet's equator.
Jun 20, 2024 · Why Scientists Are Intrigued by Air in NASA’s Mars Sample Tubes. NASA’s Perseverance rover viewed these dust devils swirling across the surface of Mars on July 20, 2021. Scientists want to study the air trapped in samples being collected in metal tubes by Perseverance.
Jun 18, 2024 · Mars Perseverance Sol 1175 - Right Mastcam-Z Camera: A jumbled field of light toned rocks with unusual ‘popcorn’-like textures and abundant mineral veins. NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera.
Jul 7, 2024 · The four crew members entered the 3D-printed Mars replica on June 25, 2023, as part of a NASA experiment to observe how humans would fare living on the Red Planet.
Jul 2, 2024 · The four volunteers who have been living and working inside NASA’s first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission are set to exit their ground-based home on
Jun 27, 2024 · Mars rovers can only make exciting new discoveries thanks to human scientists making careful decisions about their next stop. The Mars 2020 mission is aimed at exploring the geology of Jezero Crater and seeking signs of ancient microbial life on Mars using the Perseverance rover.
Jul 6, 2024 · Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.
Jun 21, 2024 · Odyssey has been a messenger from Mars routinely through the years with NASA's rovers, enabling scientists to get data from the Mars surface much faster, and speeding up the process of sharing Mars images with the public.
Jul 5, 2024 · NASA's human Mars exploration plans have evolved through the NASA Mars Design Reference Missions, a series of design studies for human exploration of Mars. In 2017, the focus of NASA shifted to a return to the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, a flight to Mars could follow after this project.
